More than 6,000 civilians have been killed in Myanmar since February 2021, including 2,580 in the last 12 months. There have also been over 700 fires in the country from June 2021 to January 2023 - more than one every day - with many thought to have been started by the Myanmar militar...
Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which leads the pro-democracy struggle against military rule, estimated in January that more than 570 children under age 18 had been killed in various circumstances by security forces. More than 8,000 civilians have been ...
Background: After the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, the health system began to disintegrate when staff who called for the restoration of the democratic government resigned and fled to states controlled by ethnic minorities. The military retaliated by blocking the shipment of humanitarian...
Myanmar’s situation is complex: since February 2021, there is a multi-party civil war between the military coup government, the NUG (National Unity Government; successor of the Bamar-majority civil government) and its People’s defense forces, and over 30 different ethnic armed organisations (EA...
by The Irrawaddy April 23, 2021 9.8k Ahead of the ASEAN summit, The Irrawaddy revisits some of its editorial cartoons published in the early 2000s on relations... Read moreDetails Load More Next Post Myanmar’s Rakhine Spiraling Into Hunger as 50% Drop in Rice Harvest Predicted Myanmar...
Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory that inspired others to attack around the country.
The 2021 coup, which toppled Myanmar’s democratically elected government, brought renewed international attention to a conflict whose roots stretch back 70 years, entangled in ethnic tensions, military dominance, and political struggle that date back to the birth of the post-colonial era. The seeds...
The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended a state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six months, saying it needs time to prepare for long-promised elections.
MAE SOT, Thailand--Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting.
Families of Rohingya people trapped in Myanmar’s west said this week they are desperately trying to contact loved ones after a weekend of widespread arson attacks displaced up to 200,000 people and caused extensive destruction of homes.